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On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, Steven wrote:

> > So, by adding split to BL, one could at least use it to
> > tar a directory,  split the tarred file, then send the
> > pieces off to a gmail account, right?
>
> No.  The email client in BL3 does not do SMTP authentication.
> Gmail requires authentication.

I personally do not use gmail's smtp server. It automatically overwrites 
the "from" field with your gmail address, which is not what I'm looking 
for. But it seems most other smtp servers require authentication these 
days, too, so even if you used some other, the authentication problem 
might still apply. That's nothing peculiar to this archiving/backup 
scenario though, but is a more a generic mail-sending problem users might 
encounter. I think Sindi confronted this problem at some point not long 
ago, didn't she? If you're looking for any solution, you might want to see 
what Freesco has come up with. It's a one-floppy firewall/router distro 
that recently implemented smtp authentication somehow.

James